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Tracy McGrady, #1, is a professional basketball player who plays
either shooting guard or small forward. He is one of the first
players who went from high school straight to the NBA without
attending college. Tracy is one of the most talented players of
the Orlando Magic; Tracy has led the Orlando Magic to the
playoffs, which they won the NBA championship. He has named
All-NBA second team and received an award for the most improved
player in 2001. Tracy was drafted ninth in the first round of the
1997 draft by the Toronto Raptors. Tracy was a keen sports person.
He was a natural athlete. He started playing baseball and was a
powerful hitter who could swing the ball at any speed. He played
baseball at Auburndale for a short while. Although he had played
hoops but his interests in the game changed when he saw his
favorite basketball hero Penny Hardaway on the court. The rookie
did things on the court that Tracy had never seen before. |
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Tracy McGrady,
nicknamed T-Mac was born in Bartow, Florida. He grew up in a small
town of Auburndale, Florida. He started playing serious basketball
in junior school. At school he averaged 23.1 points and 12
rebounds per game. These rankings were good enough but not high
enough to be noticed, his real caliber was exposed when he reached
high school. In his junior year of High School, he went to attend
the ABCD basketball camp in Teaneck, New Jersey. |
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It was at this
time that his real talent was exposed to the coaches and the
public when he raced on a fast break and dunk the ball over 6-9
Blue Chipper, James Felton. The dunk had the public go mad for
this athlete. The USA Today named him the player of the year. In
his senior year he joined the Mount Zion Christian to play for one
year. Tracy led the team to a 20 and 1 record and was named #2 on
USA Today's Super 25. He averaged 27.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 7.7
assists and 2.8 steals per game while shooting .564 from field,
.389 from three-point range and .791 from free throw line. These
rankings turned him to a star and Tracy was named Player of the
year for the second time by USA Today and by the State of North
Carolina. |
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